On places like the East Continent, we have completely decimated cities by war in realms who just started, have few diplomatic ties to speak of, and are just generally not very well off.
Then that is a failure of the people who started those realms.
If you are creating a new realm, and don't line up allies, you're pretty dumb.
If you are creating a new realm with a lot of depopulated regions, and don't line up allies, you're a good candidate for the
Darwin Awards.